Wendelin Van Draanen
1) Flipped
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
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Description
In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years. You never forget your first love.
Author
Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Sammy's penchant for speaking her mind gets her in trouble when she involves herself in the investigation of a robbery at the "seedy" hotel across the street from the seniors' building where she is living with her grandmother.
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Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Sammy meets a mysterious man who dies of a heart attack after telling her to get rid of the large amount of money he is carrying, leading her to investigate who the man was and how he came to be carrying so much cash.
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Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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Description
Sammy continues to make life with her grandmother interesting as she tries to discover who is stealing from St. Mary's church, befriends a homeless girl, and plays in a softball tournament against a bitter rival.
7) Wild Bird
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Description
When her behavior escalates out of control, fourteen-year-old Wren is taken away to a wilderness therapy camp where she is forced to develop new skills, including the courage to ask for help.
8) Enemy spy
Author
Series
Shredderman volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
Description
When Nolan witnesses a serious crime, he realizes he may not be able to hide behind his Shredderman identity this time.
Author
Series
Shredderman volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Fifth-grader Nolan Byrd, tired of being called names by the class bully, has a secret identity--Shredderman!
Author
Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 7
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
Description
When thirteen-year-old Sammy finds herself with an abandoned baby on her hands, she sets out to find the young mother, who may belong to a gang, and accidentally jeopardizes her position on the softball team.
Author
Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Seventh-grade sleuth Sammy Keyes investigates mysterious happenings at a local art gallery.
12) Runaway
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Description
After running away from her fifth foster home, Holly, a twelve-year-old orphan, travels across the country, keeping a journal of her experiences and struggle to survive.
Author
Description
"Wendelin Van Draanen didn't grow up wanting to be a writer, but thirty books later, she's convinced that writing saved her life. Or, at least, saved her from a life of bitterness and despair. Writing helped her sort out what she thought and felt and wanted. And digging deep into fictional characters helped her understand the real people in her life better as well. Wendelin shares what she's learned-about writing, life, and what it takes to live the...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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Description
"Sure enough, she struggles with stumbles and bumbles at home, trips and blips on the bus, and bashes and crashes in the classroom. But a lesson on gravity helps her understand what’s really going on. And after a visit to a science center, Leda’s mood is lifted…just in time for her to tumble– happily!–into bed." --publisher's website.
Author
Series
Sammy Keyes mysteries volume 9
Pub. Date
[released 2008], c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
Description
When cats begin to mysteriously disappear in Santa Martina, thirteen-year-old friends Sammy and Holly start snooping around town to find out what is happening.
Author
Series
Shredderman volume 2
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Someone is spray-painting graffiti all over Cedar Valley and it is up to fifth-grader Nolan Byrd, also known as Shredderman, to expose the vandal.